After such crazy, heated argument/discussion in our English class yesterday on gender issue, I feel like there are too much stereotypes being put on what defines a men or women. According to the dictionary, we define men as male human beings that reproduce by producing gametes in the form of sperm and have XY chromosomes. On the other hand, women are defined as female human beings who reproduce by producing gametes in the form of egg and have XX chromosome. Such biological definition defines what female and male are. However, this does not define what exactly people mean when they say “real man or real woman”. In our discussion, we listed out several stereotypical definitions for man and woman. However for the girls, they define man and woman with 2 simple idea, biologically defined vs Self-defined. Based on their arguments, they believed that if a man who is physically male believes he should be a woman and dress or act like one, he can called himself “woman”. With this said, this meant that our self-identity should be define more based on our mental state than biological component. For me, I agree with this that the term man and woman should be defined based on our mental state that if we want to be accurate, we would instead call each other male or female to be accurate. Every different culture has different norms about what defines a real man or woman. The term man and woman are just man-made to categorize people. We should be free to call whatever we want, either man or woman, as long as one agrees with the term being called.
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